1844 Iowa Council election

none January 2025 1844 Iowa Council election Iowa Flag of Iowa (variant).svg legislative no 1843 Iowa Council election 1843 1845 Iowa Council election 1845 All 13 seats in the Iowa Territory Council 7 1844 Democratic Party (United States) 7 6Vacancy Councilor Cox of Jackson County died during the sixth session of the Iowa Territory Council on November 9, 1844 from pneumonia, causing a vacancy in a Democratic seat.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=-4&personID=16438 Councilor Thomas Cox Iowa Legislature July 15, 2021 5 11 Whig Party (US) 6 6Vacancy 4 2 President of the Iowa Territory Council Thomas CoxVacancy Democratic Party (United States) Serranus Clinton Hastings Democratic Party (United States) In the 1844 Iowa Territory Council elections, electors selected councilors to serve in the seventh Iowa Territory Council. All 13 members of the Territory Council were elected.Size At the time, the Iowa Territory Council had several multi-member districts.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/senate Legislative Assembly: 7 (05/05/1845 - 11/30/1845) Iowa Legislature July 15, 2021 Councilors served one-year terms. The Iowa Territory existed from July 4, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when Iowa was admitted to the Union as a state. At the time, the Iowa Territory had a Legislative Assembly consisting of an upper chamber (i.e., the Territory Council) and a lower chamber (i.e., the Territory House of Representatives). Following the previous election in 1843, Democrats held a majority with seven seats to Whigs' six seats. During the sixth session of the Territory Council, Councilor Cox died, causing a vacancy in a Democratic Party seat. Therefore, on election day in 1844, the Democrats and Whigs both had six seats each. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from Democrats. Democrats maintained a majority of seats in the Iowa Territory Council following the 1844 general election with the balance of power shifting to Democrats holding 11 seats and Whigs having two seats (a net gain of 5 seat for Democrats, including regaining the vacant seat). Democratic Councilor Serranus Clinton Hastings was chosen as the President of the seventh Territory Council to succeed the deceased Democratic Councilor Thomas Cox in that leadership position. Summary of Results Iowa Territory Council DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Councilor PartyOutcome1st1st The 1st was a 2-member district. Robert M. G. Patterson Whig James Brierly DemDem Gain William Patterson Dem John Thompson Dem Dem Hold2nd2nd The 2nd was a 2-member district. John D. Elbert Whig Paul Brattain DemDem Gain James H. Jenkins Dem Henry M. Shelby Dem Dem Hold 3rd3rd The 3rd was a 1-member district. Shepherd Leffler Dem Shepherd Leffler Dem Dem Hold 4th4th The 4th was a 1-member district. William Henson Wallace Whig John Stephenson Whig Whig Hold 5th5th The 5th was a 1-member district. Joseph B. Teas Dem William Greyer Coop Dem Dem Hold 6th6th The 6th was a 1-member district. Francis Springer Whig Enoch Ross Whig Whig Hold 7th7th The 7th was a 1-member district. Pleasant Harris Dem Serranus Clinton Hastings Dem Dem Hold 8th8th The 8th was a 1-member district. John Parsons Cook Whig William Abbe DemDem Gain 9th9th The 9th was a 1-member district. Robert Christie Whig Laurel Summers DemDem Gain10th10th The 10th was a 2-member district. Thomas CoxVacancy DemPhilip Burr BradleyDemDem GainVacancy after Cox's deathVacancy Francis Gehon Dem Stephen Hempstead Dem Dem Hold Source:https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/senate Legislators Iowa State Senate July 15, 2021 Detailed Results NOTE: The Iowa General Assembly does not contain detailed vote totals for Territory Council elections in 1844. See also Elections in Iowa External links District boundaries for the Iowa Territory Council were redrawn before the 1844 general election: Iowa Territory Council Districts 1840-1844 map Iowa Territory Council Districts 1845-1846 map References Iowa Council Iowa Category:Iowa Senate elections